56 
FIRST BOOK 
"'Yes; and a spider never has wings/' added 
Mr. Hunt. All spiders have not the same 
number of eyes; they have either two, four, six, 
or eight. Their legs end in little claws, which 
are useful in guiding the threads, and fixing the 
web in its right place. 
4. '^When the spider's 
eggs hatch, perfect little 
spiders come out, just like 
their parents, only, of course, 
smaller. Bees and other 
insects, as you know, are 
not born in this way. 
5. ^^Now let me tell you 
how a spider kills its prey. 
It has sharp, pointed jaws, 
with which it can pierce a 
hole, and at the same time 
In this way it can kill a creature 
much larger than itself." 
6. " Can a spider sting?" asked one of the boys. 
No," replied Mr. Hunt. But it has a cousin 
that can. I mean the Scorpion, which belongs 
to the same class of animals as the spiders. 
Look at this one. 
7. ''You see that the scorpion has eight legs, 
and a pair of nipping claws. You see, too, that 
the head and chest are not parted from the rest 
Scorpion. 
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